TELEGRAPHIC DESPATCHES

Dunstan Times, Issue 508, 12 January 1872, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC DESPATCHES

—o—• (Per Greville and Co.) Dunedin,Jan. 11, 5 p.m. The graving dock dispute is settled, the Trust took possession to day. Reeves, the Resident Minister’s visit here, is in connection with railway mattersCiyme is acquitted of cattle stealing. Macassey has moved for an arrest of judgment in on the ground of the bill of indictment. The points are reserved for the Ci;urt_of Appeal. Ewing is admitted to hail. A case of sunstroke occurred'at the West. Taieri on Tuesday. A man named Howarth, a brickmaker fell into the Clutha on Tuesday night, and was drowned. The Presbyter iau Synod openel yesterday'. The Wellington with the mails arrives at Wellington to morrow ; the owners threatened to sen I her back, but Webb s agents paid the subsidy. The yield from the Thames gold-field for the year is 351, 656 ounces. The Tauranga telegraph extension is proceeding satisfac'oriiy. The survey of the Waitara railway is to be commenced immediately'. The opera at Christchurch is a greatsuc-ces-s; efforts are being made to induce them to remain another week. The Opera opens here on the 18th. The Canterbury Provincial Council recommends the.bringing into force tho Forest Trees Act. Latest telegrams say that tho great prostration of the Prince of Wales js'due to hemorhage from ulceration of the |in(estines. It is feared that one intestine is perforated, in which case the Prince is likely to die suddenly- from* collanse, like the Earl of Chesterfield. Naskhy, Jan. 11. Yesterday theMiiden Plate was won by Mmiototo; the Handicap by Yattarina, Sir I'atton second ; the Cup by Slander, with Knottingly'second. Queenstown. Jan. 11, 7 P . M ; The Maiden Plate, was won by Swaggerer, the Cup by Flora, the Town Plate by Patch, the Hack Selliug Race by Gamecock, and the Hurdle Race by Pretender.

CLYDE SCHOOL. —o The annual Statutory meeting was held on Monday evening last. About thirty persons present. i Mr. Barlow was voted to the Chair, who j cade I upon the Clerk of the retiring com- ■ inittee to road the Annual Report, and ah- i struct of accounts, J she report having boon road anl discussed, on the’nntion of of .dr. Rankin, seeoiule I by Mr. Patterson, was received and adopted. After several householders had addresse 1 1 the meeting as to school accommodation, and employment of a*fen-ale teacher, it was re- j solved that the new Committee be instruct- j od to make arrangements for the erection j of a new school, house with as little delay! as possible. It’Was resolved to further instruct the ! Committee to secure the services of a fe- | male teacher, as soon as circumstances will ! permit. The following gentlemen were appointed the members of the new Committee Messrs Rankin, (bin Hoy, 11 astir, Christophers, Hazlett, Aldridge, and M'Connochie.. Mr. J. U. Cambridge, and the Rev. J. Jones acted as scrutineers. After a vote of thanks to the retiring Committee, to the Clerk and Treasurer, the meeting closed. A Committee meeting'was held on Tuesday evening. The following members were present—Messrs. Rankin, M'Connochie, Hastie, Orindley, Christophers, and Aldridge. Mr. Hastie in the Chair. The minutes of the last Committee meeting, and of the ann ual Statutory meeting were read and confirmed. Mr. Christophers was appointed Clerk and Treasurer. A letter from the Education Office, dated Dee. 2Sth last, an I the Schoolmaster's report for December, were read and received. It was res lived, that the erection of a new school-room bo again urged on the Education Board, and that, in addition to former reasons, the Clerk should state that the Committee, after due enquiry, are satisfied that at least twenty more children would be enrolled on the resuming of School duties, but for the insufficiency of the present accommodation, and further that 300/. would he about the cost of a suitable stone or brick building, an I that the Committee are prepared to undertake to raise a third of that sum, exclusive of the amount to be realized by the sale of the present building. Resolved, that application be made for the use of the Town Hall, until a new school-house is provided, and that Messrs. Rankin and M'Connochie wait on the Council in support of the request. Resolved, that Messrs. Aldridge and Rankin canvass for subscriptions in aid of building a new school-house. Resolved, that monthly meetings of the Committee be held on the first Monday of eaeh month. After a vote of thanks to the Chairman, the meeting adjourned. [The annual Report will appear in our next issue-. ]